Code of Alabama - Title 45: Local Laws - Section 45-49-40.01 - Definitions

Section 45-49-40.01 - Definitions.

(a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) APPRENTICE. Any person practicing in a barber or haircutting shop to acquire the skill of a barber or haircutter after having completed the requirements of a student, under this part.

(2) BARBER. Any person licensed under this part to do the work of a barber.

(3) BARBER SCHOOL. Any establishment rendering for compensation the several services constituting the barber shop trade, but having for its primary purpose the teaching, for tuition fees, of the theories and practices of such services.

(4) BARBER SHOP. Any establishment having as its primary purpose the rendering for compensation of the several services constituting the barber shop trade.

(5) BARBER SHOP TRADE or the PRACTICE OF BARBERING. Any one or any combination of the following practices (when done upon the upper part of the human body for cosmetic purposes and not for the treatment of diseases, or physical or mental ailment, and when done for payment either directly or indirectly, or without payment, for the public generally): Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair; massaging the face and head; giving facial and scalp massage or application of oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations, either by hand or by mechanical appliances; singeing, shampooing, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonic; applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to scalp, face, or neck.

(6) BOARD or THE BOARD or BARBERS COMMISSION. The board of barber commissioners created by this part.

(7) STUDENT. Any person attending barber school for the purpose of learning the theories and practice of the barber shop trade and who receives no compensation for so doing.

(8) TEACHER or INSTRUCTOR. Any person who instructs or attempts to instruct another in the science, arts, and skills of a barber or haircutter.

(b) In this part, words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders, and words used in the neuter gender include the masculine and feminine genders.

(Acts 1961, No. 678, p. 940, § 2; Acts 1963, No. 373, p. 872, § 1.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021